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 The family grow up in the Mugello Valley  Made a fortune as wool and silk merchants  Bankers  Built Alliances with wealthy families  Acquired important.

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2  The family grow up in the Mugello Valley  Made a fortune as wool and silk merchants  Bankers  Built Alliances with wealthy families  Acquired important positions in the Church  Married into Europe's royal families  1434 Cosimo de Medici was powerful enough to take over Florence  Ruled Florence for generations  Sponsored artitsts like Michelanglo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and many more

3  Adoration of the Magi –Sandro Botticelli  The Mystical Nativity- Sandro Botticelli

4  The Medici family members were very interested in the rebirth of learning in Europe and under their patronage the Renaissance flourished.  Patronage is the support given by a patron  A patron is a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.

5  Sandro Botticelli  Painted pictures of the Medici family  Also Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and more


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